Despite the fact that Manchester United ‘s troubles go far beyond Cristiano Ronaldo , the veteran forwardhad sufferedfrom his longest league goal drought since his time at Real Madrid. Prior to the 3-0 win over Tottenham , the Portuguesehadgone four Premier League games without scoring a goal (against Aston Villa, Everton, Leicester City, and Liverpool ).
The last time, the 36-year-old starwent so long without scoring was between Matchdays 9 and 13 of the 2017/18 LaLigaseason. He was prolific at Juventus, never going more than four league matches without scoring, and it says a lot about his nearly decade-long career with the Whites that he never went more than four league matches without finding the net.
In the defeat to Liverpool, Ronaldo did score, but his powerful effort was called out for offside.Only in Ronaldo’s first stint at Manchester United, he hadaworse domestic goal streak in his career. He went without a goal between Matchdays 14 and 22 in the 2008/09 season, despite finishing the season as the league’s top scorers with 18 goals.
Ronaldo scores and Ole Gunnar Solskajer is safe… at the moment
Manchester United haverehabilitatedwith a convincing 3-0 victory in the derby match against Tottenham, ending the difficult crisis periodof four unsuccessful matches. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s record in the last four matches was three defeats and a draw . As a result,his job as thehead coach ofUnited was put inquestion.
The Tottenham clash was pointed out as crucial by the English media, but the Norwegian boss managed to emerge victoriousin the best possible way.Cristiano Ronaldo finally returned to his status of star and decisive player. The Portuguese ace scored in the 39th minute after an assist by Bruno Fernandes, while in the 64th minute he assisted Edinson Cavani for a 2-0 lead.
Marcus Rashford put an end to all of Spurs’ hopesafter finding the net in the87th minute. With this triumph, Manchester United have jumped to fifth place in the Premier League tablewith 17 points. Meanwhile, Tottenham are now placed three positions below them, ineighth place in EPL with 15 points.